As well as the Economist article, the paper by Watson & Herring from CSU is available free of charge at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/07/03/rspb.2012.0856.full.pdf+html
Dave Watson, with whom some of us in COG have studied ornithology, has been publishing on mistletoe use for several years.
David Rosalky
From: martin butterfield [
Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 12:54 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Importance of mistletoe
A recent copy of the Economist, in its Science section reports an experiment near Albury which shows the value of mistletoe to bird life. Hopefully non-subscribers will be able to access this link http://www.economist.com/node/21558551